Blind dolphins are found in the muddy river waters of Indus where they lose their eyesight due to difficulty in seeing through muddy waters. There is a parallel case of our blind politicians of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh who have muddied the waters over Kalabagh Dam (KBD) so much that they have lost their vision to see the benefits of the dam that are so obvious to people in general.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would never get their share of 14 percent of water from any other dam other than from the right bank canal off KBD. They have at present only five percent area of Pakistan under irrigation. Sindh would never get enough water for Rabi crops unless water is stored in a mega dam upstream while Bhasha Basha dam would need 12 years to build with only six years needed for KBD. Central Punjab, that is the grain basket of Pakistan, would never get enough water other than from KBD from a left bank canal. The conclusion is clear. Would we allow our blind dolphins or blind politicians to sacrifice future of 180 million people of Pakistan for their vested interests?
DR MUHAMMAD YAQOOB BHATTI
Lahore